 As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakespeare ; witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugared sonnets among his private friends, &c.  William Shakespeare: Poet, Dramatist, and Man - Seite 152von Hamilton Wright Mabie - 1900 - 345 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Shakespeare - 1896 - 138 Seiten
...English Poets with the Greek, Latin, and Italian Poets " ; " as the soul of Euphorbus," he observed, " was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty...mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakespeare ; witness his fenus and Admis, his Lucrece, his sugared Sonnets among his private friends," etc. Again, in 1599,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1593 - 138 Seiten
...English Poets with the Greet, Latin, and Italian Poets" ; "as the soul of Euphorbus," he observed, "was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty...mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakespeare ; witness his Fcnus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugared Sonnets among his private friends," etc. Again, in 1599,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 Seiten
...Warburton, Capel, Johnson, Steevens, Reed, Malone, &c. ing observation. " As the soul of Euphorbus wa» thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in the mellifluous honey-tongued Shakespeare: witness his Venus and Adonis; his Lucrece; his sacred sonnets... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 Seiten
...before, being mentioned by Meres in his Wit's Treasury, 1598 : " As the soul of Euphorbus (says he) was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty...soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakspeare. Witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugred Sonnets among his private friends,"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 740 Seiten
...following passage of the work here mentioned, to have been personally acquainted with Shakspeare : " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and lioney-tongued Shakspeare. Witness his Venus and Adonis, his... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1827 - 388 Seiten
...9. SHAKESPEARE'S POEMS.— Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrece, Sonnets, etc. crown 8vo. 8s. boards. " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in the mellifluous and honey -tongued Shakespeare. Witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugared... | |
 | 1828
...Milton. gHAKESPEARE'S POEMS. Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrèce, Sonnets, &c. crown 8vo. 8s. boards. " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in the mellifluous and honey-tongucd Shakespeare. Witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrèce, his sugared... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 Seiten
...that on the 12th of June it was in circulation. " As the soul of Euphorbus," saith Meres, in 1598, " was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet, witty...soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakspeare : witness his Venus and Adonis." Sir Henry Wotton writes from Eton College to the young... | |
 | 1921 - 472 Seiten
...habiliments by Sir Philip Sydney, Spenser. Daniel, Drayton, Warner, Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Chapman. ... As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras,...Lucrece, his sugared sonnets among his private friends, etc. ... As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare... | |
 | 1833 - 388 Seiten
...three I have already given are amply sufficient to shew that Shakspeare fully appreciated his own * " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid liveв in the mellifluous honey. tongued Shakspeare : witness his Venus and Adonis ; his Lucrece; bis... | |
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